Notes(a) Audit results for the 2011 General Election and By-Elections are expressed as population estimates—that is, rates of error are given for these events as a whole, using the sample as the basis for estimates.(b) Audit results for Etobicoke Centre relate only to the ten polls that were the subject of the legal contestation—this sample is not representative of any wider population group.

Return to source of Footnote 1 Estimated number of registered voters who cast ballots on election day. *This differs from the value in the Official Voting Results because it is based on a sample of polling divisions. The estimated value is used in the denominator of the estimated rates below, rather than the true known value, because the resulting rates have less sampling variability.

Return to source of Footnote 3 Estimated number of voters on the Official List of Electors that were able to meet ID requirements without needing to be vouched for.

Return to source of Footnote 4 Estimated number of voters who registered on polling day, using evidence collected from Registration Certificates, Poll Books and Final List of Electors (FLE).

Return to source of Footnote 5 Estimated number of voters, using evidence from Poll Books and Registration Certificates which indicated vouching was required. Includes both voters who were on the list of electors and who registered on polling day.

Return to source of Footnote 6 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on polling day where both a Registration Certificate was not found and a record was not found on the Final List of Electors, but record in Poll Book indicated registration required.

Return to source of Footnote 7 Estimated number of Registration Certificates where voter's name is not captured. Note: including a Registration Certificate in the study requires that the voter's name is captured and therefore this value must = zero.

Return to source of Footnote 11 Estimated number of individual cases where at least one irregularity was found, i.e. a Registration Certificate was not completed at the poll site, and/or name or address or signature of voter or signature of poll official not captured. Percentage expressed as proportion of voters who needed to register on polling day.

Return to source of Footnote 12 Estimated percentage of individual cases where at least one irregularity was found (as above) expressed as proportion of all voters.

Return to source of Footnote 13 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on polling day where a record was not found on the Final List of Electors.

Return to source of Footnote 14 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on polling day where a record indicating that the voter was registered was not captured in the Poll Book.

Return to source of Footnote 15 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on polling day where a Registration Certificate was not found at Elections Canada's central storage facility.

Return to source of Footnote 16 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on polling day where a Registration Certificate was found at Elections Canada's central storage facility.

Return to source of Footnote 20 Estimated number of Registration Certificates where the tick box indicating that ID and address were verified was not checked.

Return to source of Footnote 21 Estimated number of all registrations that were required on the day where the voter also needed to have their ID and/or address vouched for.

Return to source of Footnote 22 Estimated number of Registration Certificates where the voter also needed to have their ID and/or address vouched for where the tick box confirming that vouching was required was not checked.

Return to source of Footnote 23 Estimated number of Registration Certificates where the voter also needed to have their ID and/or address vouched for where voucher information was not recorded on the reverse side of the certificate.

Return to source of Footnote 24 Estimated number of Registration Certificates where the voter also needed to have their ID and/or address vouched for where the voucher's name on the certificate does not match the name in the Poll Book. Note: count includes cases where the name is not recorded on either the certificate or in the Poll Book.

Return to source of Footnote 25 Estimated number of all cases where vouching was required and there is no record in the Poll Book clearly indicating both who the voter and who the voucher are.

Return to source of Footnote 28 Estimated number of individual cases where at least one irregularity was found, i.e. there was no record in the Poll Book clearly indicating who the voter and who the voucher are, and/or the voucher vouched more than once or was registered to vote in a different polling division to the voter. Percentage expressed as proportion of voters who needed to be vouched for.

Return to source of Footnote 29 Estimated percentage of individual cases where at least one irregularity was found (as above) expressed as proportion of all voters.

Return to source of Footnote 30 Estimated number of all cases where vouching was required and the record of the voter in the Poll Book does not capture all the information required or does not capture it accurately, e.g. name or address of voter not provided.

Return to source of Footnote 31 Estimated number of all cases where vouching was required and the record of the voucher in the Poll Book does not capture all the information required or does not capture it accurately, e.g. name or address of voucher not provided.